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Would Obama Greenlight an Israeli Attack on Iran?
The Israeli press notes that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and maverick Defense Minister Ehud Barak have been talking up a possible Israeli attack on […]
A Hot Wet Thousand Years and 10 Green Energy Stories to Avert it
The bad news is that I’ve been reading David Archer’s The Long Thaw on climate change projections, and he thinks that the Intergovernmental Panel on […]
Likud Government takes Revenge on Palestinians for UNESCO Membership
The Pan-Arab London daily, al-Hayat, editorializes today that President Obama’s vote against Palestine’s membership in UNESCO demonstrates that his 2009 Cairo speech was “empty words.” […]
Romney Flip-Flops on Mideast, Too: Cole in Truthdig
My column is out in Truthdig, entitled, “Mitt Romney’s Big Bad Ideas for the Middle East”. Excerpt: “The Arab revolutions of 2011 have already removed […]
UNESCO Palestine Vote Isolates US Further
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized Palestine as a full member on Monday setting off a crisis between the United States and […]
Mahoney: New Leadership in Kyrgyzstan Fateful for US Bases in Central Asia
Jon Mahoney writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Many readers of Informed Comment will be interested in the outcome of the presidential elections […]
Syria Promises Response to Arab League Plan, Threatens ‘Volcano’ if Attacked
Syria said it would reply Monday to the proposal of the Arab League for ending the violence in that country. Aljazera has video. On Sunday, […]
Ganann: Police raids and violence against activists are Un-American
Gerald Ganann writes in a guest column for Informed Comment I opened my local newspaper one morning recently to find that the Occupy movement had […]
Kabul Bombing of US Bus Leaves 13 Dead
The Taliban claimed credit for a bombing of a bus in Kabul, which killed 13 US security personnel (apparently 5 US troops and 8 security […]
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